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Senegal: Kagome to establish agriculture business for processing tomatoes

30/11/2017 - Press release , François-Xavier Branthôme - Lire en français

“A strategic point in the West Africa market where demand is growing”

Formation of a new tomato producing area and entry into tomato-based processed goods with the use of agricultural technical resources.

According to the press release published by the company on 27 October this year, Kagome Co., Ltd. will establish Kagome Senegal Sarl, an agricultural business for cultivating, purchasing and selling tomatoes for processing, in the Republic of Senegal on December 1, 2017. Kagome will form a new tomato producing area in Senegal using the agricultural technical resources of the group companies, such as seeds and cultivation techniques. In the future, the company aims to expand the business fields to include the manufacture of tomato-based processed goods within the country and enter the tomato processed product market in Senegal and the members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Tomato paste is one of the essential cooking ingredients in ECOWAS countries, having taken deep root in the dietary culture as a standard seasoning. However, tomato cultivation and paste production are unsatisfactory in terms of quality and quantity for reasons such as immature cultivation techniques of tomatoes for processing and a high level of stress caused by diseases and harmful insects. That is why almost all processed tomato products consumed in the region depend on imported merchandise from overseas.
Utilizing the Preparatory Survey of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kagome investigated the potential for tomato cultivation and processing in Senegal from 2014 to 2017. Since the opening of the Kagome Agri-Business Research and Development Center, Unipessoal Lda in Portugal in March 2016 with a view to forming a new tomato producing area and establishing new cultivation techniques, Kagome has continued to carry out research into the potential of the agricultural business of tomatoes for processing in Senegal. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) recognized Kagome’s activities as an African business demonstration project in 2017.

As a result, Senegal was found to have land that is more suitable for culturing tomatoes and has a lower security risk because of the stable political situation than other ECOWAS members, as well as access to promising tomato processing markets nearby, including Nigeria and Ghana, in addition to its domestic market. The country was judged to be appropriate for a tomato business development center in ECOWAS.

Group managers are convinced that Kagome will be able to be uniquely competitive by carrying out all processes from tomato seed development to farm production, product development, processing and distribution, while regarding the vertically integrated tomato business as the core for business promotion. They will promote the same business model in Senegal as well to contribute to the promotion of the markets of tomatoes for processing in Senegal and West Africa in addition to the development of our international businesses.

Sources: Kagome

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Kagome press release 27 October 2017

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